harevshazeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“hare” and “haze” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,584
“hare” frequency rank
#49,774
“haze” frequency rank
90358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hare haze
Definition der Hase Atmosphäre, Wetter: sehr feine, weit verstreute feste oder flüssige Partikel in der Luft

Letter map: hare vs haze

Shared letters muted; letters that set hare and haze apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hare and haze follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
hare
4 ch
haze

Spelling & dictionary notes on hare vs haze

hare and haze are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - r in “hare” becomes z in “haze”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hare is recorded at frequency rank #40,584, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. haze is at rank #49,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced [heɪz].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 90358, this pair ranks #47,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hare vs haze

Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hare": r. Private to "haze": z.

"hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "haze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hare ← ahre · harre · hhare · hrae
  • haze ← ahze · haez · hazze · hhaze · hzae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hare" for "haze" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - r in “hare” becomes z in “haze”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hare" vs "haze" - which ranks higher?
"hare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,584 in our German list, against #49,774 for "haze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "hare" vs "haze" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "haze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,813 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hare" and "haze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs haze". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #47,813 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list